Hafez Al-Assad

Education

Graduate Air Force Lieutenant, Air Force College, 1955; Doctor of Philosophy (honorary), Damascus, 1972.

Career

Head, Student's Committee, Lattakia muhafaza member, Arab Baath Socialist Party, 1946; with, Syrian Air Force, 1955-1961; transferred to civilian post, 1961; key positions in leadership, National and Regional Arab Baath Socialist Party Lieutenant general, Syrian Air Force, 1964-1966; commander, Syrian Air Force and Air Force Defence, 1956; defence minister, and commander, Syrian Air Force, 1966-1968; chairman, Ministry of Defence, 1970; elected president, Syrian Arab Republic, 1971; elected regional secretary, secretary general, Arab Baath Socialist Party, 1971; re-elected president, Syrian Arab Republic, 1978, since 1985.

Achievements

• Hafez First Rate (at Lloyd's)-Assad has been listed as a noteworthy President of Syria by Marquis Who's Who.